FAVEL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. FAVEL is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept FAVEL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAVEL is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAVEL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAVEL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FAVEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does FAVEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
Flattery or deceit; false and cunning speech meant to mislead.
Favel comes from Old French and named the kind of smooth, dishonest talk used to win someone over by deceit rather than truth, a sense famous from the medieval satire Roman de Fauvel, where a horse of that name personifies hypocrisy. English writers borrowed favel for the abstract vice itself, not just the character.
How FAVEL is used
Archaic and literary; encountered in medieval and early modern texts on vice and virtue.
- The preacher warned his flock against favel and flattery.
- Medieval satire personifies favel as a smooth-tongued horse.
- The poem lists favel among the courtier's worst faults.
- A gloss defines favel simply as deceit dressed as praise.
- The old moral tale shows favel leading honest men astray.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAVEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAVEL
6 longer words begin with FAVEL.
Shorter words from the letters in FAVEL
Common questions about FAVEL
- Is FAVEL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FAVEL is not in it.
- How many points is FAVEL worth?
- FAVEL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAVEL mean?
- Flattery or deceit; false and cunning speech meant to mislead.
- What letters can be added to FAVEL?
- FAVEL takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FAVEL:
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